While I cannot imagine my good luck at the incredible woman whom decided to spend the rest of her life with me, and I look forward to every day of it, marriage is not something I would do again nor recommend to anyone. Simply put marriage is more challenge than benefit AND for every couple I know it is the end of sex. Some might... Read More

It is as though I have been away from myself for a long time and grumpy little bastard took the reins while I was off. Finding it awkward to return as it makes me sad that I left. In other oddities of the mind I have always felt massively grateful about being alive as I am not familiar with another way of being, it always... Read More

Getting older is worse than it seems when you are young. The slowing metabolism, the more fragile bits, these are obvious. What perhaps is more subtle is the burden of the mundane and how it increases with age. How free you are when your basic needs are covered by another. More subtle still is the mind. While I can remember a time where I could... Read More

Many unfortunate aspects regarding marriage revolve around sex:
- The knowledge that the best sex of your life is behind you, and was not with your spouse
- Sex becomes so infrequent that polite conversation between married couples often includes joking about never having sex
- Fights and guilt trips around sex frequency are not mitigated in any way by knowing it is normal not to be having... Read More

Nobody says you can't, and I certainly would love to. While I am afraid I do not have the source of the stat, apparently a woman's sex drive decreases by 70% after the first 1 to 1.5 years of a relationship. Having seen this twice personally, and knowing that it is the case for every married couple I know, I am led to believe it is often true.

OK. I suppose I am a complete ass, but I say this with all appreciation and respect for the incredibly beautiful and courageous women of this site, but there are a handful of set settings that are thoroughly and completely done. In no particular order, I would say these are a few: